Topographic site effects and HVSR. A comparison between observations and theory

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1559-1573

  Chávez García, Francisco J ^a   Sánchez, Luis R ^b   Hatzfeld, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b FJBS   (Mexico)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; HVSR; SEISMIC AMPLIFICATION; SITE EFFECT; SPECTRAL RATIO; TOPOGRAPHY;

GREECE, EPIRE;

EID: 0030441582     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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